reason BYU has struggled, especially in the cases of some of the senior departures. However, I think that a coach can foster that "me" attitude in his players. Take a player, who's always been a star in HS, and wants to contribute his own skillset to the team's success, but feels like he's never going to get a chance to do that. These level of players don't want to sit on the bench and watch, when they continue to think to themselves that "I have a specific skill that I could be helping this team win." In the case of Dastrup, he had the best 3 pt % on the team, 2nd best total FG %, was second in blocks / min and Rebs / min to Yoeli, and also was 3rd in points scored per minute played behind Yoeli and Bryant, so one could argue that it was suspect that he was in the top 2 or 3 on all those things, yet 9th in PT, especially with the other bigs getting more PT than him. Sure, he had 20 stupid TO's that year, which was more per minutes than many on the team, but that tends to happen when you don't get much PT with your teammates, nor the confidence of the coach, always playing tentative. Just ask NBA Jimmer. Anyway, bottom line - if a player feels like there is no team, the coach plays favorites, and / or the coach doesn't like him / them, and they're never really going to get a chance to shine, or even just contribute, then the player may resort to the "me" concept more readily.

Many of you may not recall, but there were even rumblings and rumors about Jimmer leaving after he didn't get much PT his freshman and part of his soph years. In fact, IIRC, Jimmer later talked about this himself. Regardless, Jimmer showed signs of promise and skills from the get go, with some wow plays, but did also make some stupid mistakes (like Dastrup), and also got the quick yank when he did. He eventually gave Rose no choice but to play him, and then he shined, and eventually won Rose over. BUT, that was not the case his freshman year, and it almost cost us a once in a lifetime player to transfer.

While Dastrup did leave when Yeoli came back, given how Rose treated Dastrup over 2 years, and how devoted Dastrup was to cheering on his teammates, I am not convinced that Dastrup left solely because Yeoli came back. What I can imagine as more likely (as it is what I may conclude also), is that prior to Yoeli coming back, Rose would have had almost no choice but to finally give Dastrup PT, and struggle through the growing pains, and Dastrup knew it. But, after Yeoli came back, Dastrup likely envisioned the same treatment all over again. Given the evidence, that is the more likely scenario, IMO.

I also think it's sour grapes for Rose to throw Dastrup under the bus like he just did, and even more evidence that he had / has it out for Dastrup due to a personality issue with Dastrup, not the other way around. Dastrup was nothing but a class act during his time at BYU, totally supportive of his teammates, the first one to congratulate them on a great play, despite Rose's treatment, rather than moping on the bench. That is even more evidence of his character and devotion to team, unlike some other players have demonstrated of late.